---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires contractors and subcontractors performing construction work for covered renewable energy systems to use apprenticeship agreements"
description: "Requires contractors and subcontractors performing construction work for covered renewable energy systems to use apprenticeship agreements; requires thermal energy networks to require contractors and subcontractors to use pre-apprenticeship direct entry providers registered with the department of labor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 2730"
citation: "New York A 2730 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Didi Barrett"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77832ee6-8d81-4ec1-ae25-9ea9ea6e92d2"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A2730"
source_hash: "0e9d8a2d946133c39e1f8292bfda0b2596e7f6d938f8084c69cab7f79ddc3373"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 2730 (2025-2026) — Requires contractors and subcontractors performing construction work for covered renewable energy systems to use apprenticeship agreements

Requires contractors and subcontractors performing construction work for covered renewable energy systems to use apprenticeship agreements; requires thermal energy networks to require contractors and subcontractors to use pre-apprenticeship direct entry providers registered with the department of labor.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A2730** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2730&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A2730A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A2730A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **133–13** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Didi Barrett — primary (person)
- Carrie Woerner — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
- Jen Lunsford — cosponsor (person)
- Joe DeStefano — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Karl Brabenec — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Slater — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Kay — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Kassay — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Stern — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
- William Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Yudelka Tapia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-22** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21** PRINT NUMBER 2730A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** REPORTED
- **2025-05-29** RULES REPORT CAL.302
- **2025-05-29** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.302
- **2025-05-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-29** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-29** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4881A
- **2025-06-12** 3RD READING CAL.1514
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-09-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-09-05** SIGNED CHAP.362 `executive-signature`
- **2025-09-05** APPROVAL MEMO.2

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77832ee6-8d81-4ec1-ae25-9ea9ea6e92d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).